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scifireader.bsky.social
Great list! Anthologies are a treasure trove of ideas. Remember, "The best science fiction is about what it means to be human." Any favorites from your TOC? 🪐📚 #Scifi #Anthology
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
fbdbh.bsky.social
Ooh, a nice article on Hungarian anthologies by Austin Wagner

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Oddball Anthologies | hlo.hu - Hungarian Literature Online
We kick off our month of Hungarian oddities with a collection of not-so-normal anthologies – strange themes, terrifying tales, Hungarian folklore, and even metal music.
hlo.hu
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
freighttrain.bsky.social
186) Tatsuki Fujimoto: 17-26 (2025, tv series)

fujimoto is the kindest dude alive ❤️ i think the first short here is the best solely bc it knocked me the fuck out in a way the rest just really did not but it’s still a good watch and one of the better/most consistent anthologies we’ve gotten in a bit
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November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
ecbatan.bsky.social
Here's a repost of my sort of TOC for anthologies of the best short science fiction between 1989 and 2018. richhorton314252.substack.com/p/great-shor...
Great Short Science Fiction since 1989
A Personal SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018
richhorton314252.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
dakria.bsky.social
Yes, looks like a great publisher for microfic. I just discovered Drabbledark and I’ll definitely read their other anthologies! I saw a lot of your drabbles in the volume III. 👍👍👍
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
kaidelmas.bsky.social
Thank you!
The Drabbledark books are great. In general, I'm always a fan of the Shacklebound anthologies.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
laurentheflute.bsky.social
Really? I thought she'd won a bunch of literary awards, and for a while at least, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" was included in a billion anthologies and textbooks (I'm pretty sure I read it for school at least three times between high school and college)

But the shitposting is stellar
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
almunsonauthor.bsky.social
Only 10 days left in the Kickstarter, and we still need $498! If you can chip to help an indie publisher, we'd appreciate it.
I'd love to see these two anthologies published.
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#books #booksky #horror #sff #specfic #speculativefiction #reading #scifi #fantasy
Horror Anthologies: Waterborne & Once Upon a Moonless Night
Featuring stories by Z Brewer, Heather Graham, Nancy Holder, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, and many more
www.kickstarter.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
lawrencedagstine.com
I really need to get a new side bookcase one of these days. My anthologies/TBR pile is out of control, mingling with my toys. With my iPAD (ebooks and PDFs), I have enough reading material for the foreseeable future. #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Reading #Fiction #Paperbacks #Books #BookSky
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
jjclapton.bsky.social
These sound really cool. And congrats on being a part of it! Unfortunately my brain does not do anthologies. Which sucks cos there’s so many great sounding ones!
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
wrycke.bsky.social
I don't know exactly how many I have. Four IKEA Billys full of fiction, four of non-fiction, plus another ~400 or so anthologies, mass market paperbacks, etc. If I figure a shelf holds 150, that's 1,600 or so, plus another 1,000 or so ebooks.
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
elegantlab.bsky.social
Doing anthologies w/$50 page rate then split 50/50 with a writer so it ended up being a $25/pg rate and then spending avg 12hrs+ per page is what landed me in hella burn out land. Especially while working full time and having a 3mo deadline for the completed 10-20pg comics.
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
celaouatte.bsky.social
J'ai les deux anthologies Norton. C'est pas assez rigide.
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
marlynnofmany.bsky.social
This is a good day for writerly validation. Two stories published in two different anthologies, and both of them were selected to be the first story in each book. Hard to beat that. 😍
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
motherofforg.bsky.social
Homie, you NEEEED to give the Jak and Ratchet ps2 games a shot. Spyro and Sly are also good, don't get me wrong, but my silly lil orange guy and broody moody elf still have my favorite anthologies of that generation :3
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
jacobdavison.bsky.social
Was rewatching ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? and there should be YA level horror anthologies now.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
andhalfling.bsky.social
We were pleased to have Rick Culter on! He’s written several short stories for various anthologies. He’s debut book is scheduled for release in April of 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fR8...
Rick Cutler, Author of Space Cowboy Stories (Audio Only)
YouTube video by The Halfling and the Spaceman
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
fireshoes.bsky.social
Brawl - by Daniel
Strip Mine is banned.
Mana Drain is banned.
Chrome Mox is banned
Ancient Tomb is banned.
Brawl Written by Daniel Xu Strip Mine is banned. Mana Drain is banned. Chrome Mox is banned Ancient Tomb is banned. Brawl has been undergoing a lot of flux in the past few months. Many powerful and widely applicable cards have been added with Arena Anthologies, bonus sheets, and Special Guests releases, forcing players to adapt to new staples and playstyles that accelerate the game beyond the pace of Brawl of years past. We've historically taken a lighter touch to format management in the spirit of allowing players to play with the cards and commanders they want, but it's become clear that certain shapes of cards are too impactful for a format that we want to be a safe place for casual fun. As such, we are reexamining the banned list and our format philosophy to preserve the fun, open-ended experience that Brawl promises in the face of continual change. For these bans, we considered cards that satisfy three conditions: they are homogenizing, efficient, and polar. Homogenizing cards have a high format presence due to their popularity and strength. Powerful colorless cards and lands are inherently more homogenizing since they can be included in any deck. Field of the Dead and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon are cards on the current banned list that fell into this category. Efficient cards have high rates relative to their costs and can often make their impact early on in a game. Not all cheap cards are efficient, but the most efficient cards are cheap. Polar cards have a high upside, embodying a range of outcomes beyond what is typical for their cost; they can often win the game outright when played but can also be situationally useless. In other words, they make the game all about themselves. When combined, these conditions describe a class of card that players play against all the time and dictate the outcome of the game on their own. This can be stifling to deck building and gameplay diversity, which we are hoping to promote as much as possible. Strip Mine is one of the most discussed recent additions to Brawl and emblematic of the type of card we believe should stay in more competitive formats. It is overwhelmingly homogenizing: It can be included in any deck and lacks deck-building and gameplay costs due to being a land. It is polar when its target happens to be land-shy, preventing them from casting spells altogether, but if they happen to have a land-heavy draw, it's a minor setback at best. It is efficient on its own, but when built around options for graveyard recursion, it turns from an annoyance into a win condition. Overall, we expect the format will be more fun and diverse with Strip Mine gone. Mana Drain has been controversial since its debut. Its overall win rate has never been high, but as we've taken a closer look at both the numbers and our format philosophy, we've found that Mana Drain fits the conditions that indicate a ban is appropriate. Due to its generic nature as a counterspell, it is an auto-include in any blue deck and is homogenizing. A well-timed Mana Drain will often prompt a concession; when used on a commander—or any spell worth a few mana early in the game—the swing in game state is enormous. And the numbers reflect that: players who draw a Mana Drain in their opening hand have a ten-percent higher win rate, a hallmark of a high-polarity card. Although Mana Drain evens out to a more reasonable one-for-one later in the game, the experience of having to play around or lose to an early Mana Drain against any blue deck is one that we're happy to remove from Brawl for now.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
fireshoes.bsky.social
Alchemy - by Daniel
No changes.

Historic - by Daniel
Force of Negation is pre-banned.
Frantic Search is pre-banned.
Mystical Tutor is pre-banned.
Entomb is pre-banned.
Dark Depths is pre-banned.
Alchemy Written by Daniel Xu No changes Our latest round of rebalances to Vivi Ornitier, various mobilize cards, and Fountainport Charmer has pulled back on the power level of the tier 1 decks in Alchemy while maintaining their playability, and we will wait to see how the format develops from there. We will monitor the Kona Omniscience combo deck, which has risen in popularity over the last few months and features a win-from-hand play pattern that we prefer not to have as a top deck in the format. Although Screaming Nemesis is now banned in Standard, it is not a dominant card in the Alchemy metagame and will not be rebalanced. Historic Written by Daniel Xu Force of Negation is pre-banned. Frantic Search is pre-banned. Mystical Tutor is pre-banned. Entomb is pre-banned. Dark Depths is pre-banned. With a plethora of cards from Arena Anthologies, bonus sheets, and Special Guests releases coming to MTG Arena this year, Historic's card pool has expanded rapidly. For now, we are aiming to avoid format destabilization with pre-bans while monitoring the metagame to ensure that no individual deck is out of line. Eldrazi has been enjoying popularity and success in high-level Best-of-Three with the addition of Eldrazi Temple and is one of the decks we are keeping an eye on alongside aggressive Lurrus decks (Energy and Auras) and fast combo decks (Val Combo, Lotus Field Combo, and Persist Combo). While the metagame at each level of the ladder is reasonably balanced, the power-level delta between the most-popular decks in the lower ladder and the top-tier decks is higher than ever before. You should expect to see more changes to Historic as we reexamine the format philosophy and banned list in the coming months. In keeping with our current format philosophy on free spells, Historic players should not have to consider the threat of a free counterspell over the course of a game. As such, Force of Negation is pre-banned. Frantic Search is a card applicable mostly to contexts as a free combo-enabler. While we are reevaluating the strength of combos that we are happy with in Historic, Frantic Search is a risk that we believe should be kept out of the format for now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
shredybettymtb.bsky.social
Pick yourself up a copy of one of the best Kropotkin anthologies today!

www.goodreads.com/book/show/55...
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
mountainmusings.bsky.social
I've got a couple of different Muddy Waters anthologies that are great. Champagne & Reefer from either the late 40's or early 50's I think. He has a lot of lines that are funny also and that helps.
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
taylorcollins.bsky.social
One of my favorite people in the whole world! Editor Sandra Martz! Not sure who remembers poem made very famous by a little known poet here, Jenny Joseph, “When I Am an Old Woman I Will Wear Purple.” Sandra was the woman behind those wonderful anthologies published by Paper Mache press. #writing
Going through old photos to have digitized. One of my most favorite people in the whole world! Sandra Martz! Not sure who remembers the poem made very famous by a little known poet here, Jenny Joseph, entitled “When I Am an Old Woman I Will Wear Purple.” Sandra was the editor behind those wonderful anthologies published by Paper Mache press. She was really like a rocket scientist in real life but was passionate about women writers having voice. The book started a movement and was so wonderful to have known her and spent some time with her. Both Jenny and Sandra are gone now. Sandra said Jenny’s fee was $50. That seems so fun to recall. Somewhere I still have some anthologies signed. This was in 2000 I think at a program at the German embassy in DC. I think it was an art show we were there to see. It was an NLAPW biennial that I first met her. I used to be somebody. lol.
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
Stay tuned for more updates about our Adopt-a-Library program! We’d also like to take a moment to thank you, our supporters. It’s only with your help that we can provide these grants, which represent books, supplies — and hope — to students nationwide.
Collage graphic displaying eight photographs around the graphic’s border. At the center is text that says, “Thank you for your support! It’s only with your help that we can provide these grants, which represent books, supplies — and hope — to students nationwide.” Going clockwise from the top left, the photos included are: a picture of shelved books; a We Need Diverse Books table display, including all of WNDB’s published anthologies; a craft table where a 100-piece puzzle has been assembled; a distant shot from outside the library looking in towards a table displaying a WNDB banner; an overhead view of a fully-stocked shelf of young adult books; a distant shot of the library’s shelving; a photo showing a group of young teenagers sitting at a table together and working on a project, their backs to the camera; and a photograph of students reading underneath a mural of a Nelson Mandela quote that says, “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
littlethoughtspress.com
Carmela A. Martino is a poet, author & writing teacher. Her poems & short stories have appeared in numerous magazines &anthologies. She is also the author of two novels: Rosa, Sola (Candlewick Press), for ages ten and up, and the YA historical Playing by Heart (Vinspire Publishing).
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
literaryvegan.bsky.social
My poetry books. So grateful to my publishers and readers. I want to write forever 🧡 (These three anthologies and my two collections are available from all good bookshops.) @renardpress.com @panmacmillan.bsky.social
Five poetry books
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM